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No Conflict, They SAid

In Australia and around the world, legislation is being introduced that replaces sex with gender identity. Advocates insist that there is no conflict of interests. But governments are not collecting data on the impacts of this legislative change. We're worried about the impacts on women of men using women-only spaces, including but not limited to: changing rooms, fitting rooms, bathrooms, shelters, rape and domestic violence refuges, gyms, spas, sports, schools, accommodations, hospital wards, shortlists, prizes, quotas, political groups, prisons, clubs, events, festivals, dating apps, and language. If we can't collect data, we can at least collect stories. Please tell us how your use of women-only spaces has been impacted. All stories will be published anonymously. If you know of other women who have been impacted, please encourage them to tell their stories too.

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anonymous woman

Jun 7
1 min

'parental leave' replaces 'maternity leave' in guidelines

The new NHMRC (National Health and Medical Research Council) gender-neutral guidelines give preference to the term 'Parental Leave'. Not 'Maternity Leave'. As a mother, I took maternity leave - which has implicit recognition of the additional burden of carrying a developing human in my womb for the better part of a year, giving birth to that precious new human, breastfeeding, sleep deprivation, and all the other experiences of motherhood, that only mothers - who take materni

anonymous woman

Jun 7
1 min

style guide for publishing

I work for a publication that recently updated its style guide. When discussing issues of reproductive health (e.g., menstruation or pregnancy) we are no longer allowed to use the word "women." We must instead use "vulva owners" or "menstruators" or "people with uteruses." I am all for making all readers feel seen, but this change is dehumanizing. Just as I would never refer to a trans person by his or her body parts or processes, I don't appreciate being defined by mine. #

anonymous woman

Jun 4
1 min

breast screen victoria website

On the Breast Screen Victoria website: "If you were assigned female at birth and have not had chest surgery, screening is recommended." This statement is posted under a section for "Non-binary/gender diverse people", but why is an organisation based on science buying into the "assigned at birth" nonsense? #australia #melbourne #breastscreening #language

anonymous woman

May 4
1 min

maori culture impacted by gender identity ideology

As an indigenous person, I am appalled at the capture [around gender identity ideology]. There is nothing in our Maori history that supports this trans madness. Marae are now building gender-neutral toilets, this is tied into the funding. Maori people of standing in the community are telling children they are born in the wrong body. Colonising our whakapapa/history. Colonising our dead and our unborn. The taking of the word 'Takatapui' to include all in sundry. 'Takatapui' me

anonymous woman

Apr 9
1 min

online surveys

I'm not sure if this information will be of value to others, but it has really impacted me. I went to fill out a survey about England Rugby's transgender policy and found there was no category for my sex, only 'cis woman'. As such I had to write "woman" in the "other" category. I literally had to "other" myself to be included. I was bra-less, not wearing make-up, and in blue shorts and a black T-shirt when I was completing the survey - I'm not "cis" and I find the term

anonymous woman

Feb 27
3 min

the meaning of "woman"

I find that one of the issues around transgenderism is a complete lack of understanding of what it means to be a biological female. When I hear transgender women speak about their womaness it is always in the most stereotypical terms - the very terms women in the 70s fought to get away from. It’s always “I liked pretty clothes, I liked dolls, I liked makeup etc. that’s how I knew I was really a woman". These have nothing to do with being a woman. Being a woman is from the

anonymous woman

Feb 17
1 min

hinge (dating app)

I am a lesbian. I was using the dating app Hinge, and had selected to see / be seen by women only. There were many men listed as women, and I was trying to negotiate a way to signal clearly that as a lesbian I wasn't interested in matching with them. I added a picture of myself wearing a 'woman: adult human female' t-shirt, standing in front of a bookshelf packed with JK Rowling titles. And I added in one of my comments that I agree with Rowling about the importance of women-